Noonans (formerly Dix Noonan Webb) > Auction 286 | Auction date: 24 January 2024 |
Lot number: 68 Price realized: 550 GBP (Approx. 697 USD / 643 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: A Collection of Scottish Coins, the Property of a Gentleman (Part I) David II (1329-1371), Second coinage, Class A, Groat, class A8, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, small young bust, tressure of six arcs, nothing in spandrels, crosslet stops, reads rcx and cotorvm, double crosslet at end of legend, nothing after villa, 4.56g/9h (SCBI 35, –; B 11, fig. 258, same dies; S 5091). Good very fine and toned £240-£300 --- Provenance: bt Spink December 1986 Not included by Stewartby in his list of Class A types, Burns 258 seems to fit here towards the end of the sequence. Distinguishing features are the final double saltire and the two 'misspellings' in the legend. |